Exemplary sustainability. Much of our August was spent working with two extraordinary Afghani Middlebury alumni and helping them to make a dangerous journey out of Kabul into exilewith only a few days notice and, in one case, an afternoons notice. There is a final adaptive skill that recovery artists need. Our new VP for HR, Caitlin Goss, is excited to continue the work we began on salaries, employee recognition, and many otherimportantprojects. But for some that will be old news. In addition, most basketball coaches will have a variety of set plays at their disposal. This cycle is repeated until the offense shoots the ball or the rest of the defense gets back. They knew the quality of his work. 19. As Middlebury graduate and infectious disease specialist, MacArthur award winner Jill Seaman knows as she works in the Sudan: to imagine oneself as a traveler is a deep 21st centuryintellectualvirtue. Basketball often sheds more light on offense than defense, so it is terrific that you are interested in this topic. Her apartment was forested with unruly ficus plants, and she would ask for an apology if you brushed by one too roughly. And there are other stories that show the power of different kinds of translatability at Monterey. This is because, once the basket is protected, defenders need to play the ball, which sometimes means leaving an assigned man to stop the ball from being scored. The teams change baskets for the second half. So in all these ways I challenge us to have more and better arguments, with greater respect, stronger resilience, and deeper wisdom. In the best of liberal arts, we teach our students to imagine those ways of thinkingandworking. In 2018, you started in this chapel as first-year students with statements of wisdom on how to live and learn at college. That means that language can drive social change in a way that very few other things can. And this ceremony tonight is another kind of mental mapa map of wisdom. But after several sessions Frost began to call the conference The Two-Week Manuscript Sales Fair his way of complaining that Farrar was favoring commercialism over art. 7. Middleburys mountains give us a sense of place that is also a sense of community. Offense wins games, but defense wins championships. From a long-term perspective, a team may have one primary offense or a few offensive sets that they play. I visited you last month and proposed these three words as a way of describing the collective work we do, and I hear that you have been debating whether they are the right words to capture the spirit of the whole. a cause of transgression or wrong. 11. 14. Players that play in the post will need their strength to get a position, finish at the rim through contact, and many other things. In the initial expectations of our Monterey graduate, this was supposed to take place in the universally translatable nonproliferation negotiation. And in this way the mutual forming of a treaty could occur. We now have ongoing conversations with trustees. If I won it was bad for them and if I lost it was also bad for them. The whole village courtyard burst out in applause and laughter at this story. An offense is your method to score baskets and get open shots against your opponent. Push the boundary, be disruptive, and be bold. And McHugh also reminds us that the ocean has the same effect. From our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion faculty and staff, Roberto Lint Sagarena and Renee Wells both contributed to new faculty orientation, and CTLR plan to work closely with both of them as well as Tara Affolter. Middleburys training helped me make a name for myself in the world. The times require nothing less of you. What Are The Most Common Basketball Plays? And I somehow thought that the mountains could help me solvetheproblem.. It seems to me no accident that the study ofeconomics and neuroscience are some of Middleburys top majors, or that the visual and performing arts are thriving. In the past few months I have learned about people like Chris Waddell, the Middlebury grad who never stopped after a skiing accident in college and went on to be a decorated Paralympic skier. She too, like our Pushkin-reciting friend, exists in the space between total translatability and no translatabilitythe ethical place where both sides accept mutual transformation even in theimperfecttranslation. Bleacher Nation is a private media site owned and operated by Betsperts, Inc., and it is not affiliated in any way with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago White Sox, or the Chicago Categories of Half-Court Offenses: Motion offenses. Spring Game Stats. I am particularly moved that you have come to celebrate on this joyful day the next chapter in Middleburys extraordinary history. In having these arguments, we do not become alienated from each other because one side has lost and another side has won, or because one side has proven itself more intelligent and sophisticated. Basketball Court 1. A disaster that has utterly broken us down. As Walter Benjamin also writes, Languages are not strangers tooneanother.. Another firstas a result ofthepandemic. ARLINGTON Beset by injuries and inconsistency, the Yankees called up one of their hottest-hitting minor leaguers to potentially provide a boost on offense. So good offense can beat good defense in the short run, but usually good defense will win out on the long run. Learning these things will help you to know how to beat these defenses. It is tough to teach a player how to read their opponents defense, because it is a skill that is attained through experience and not taught as offensive drills in basketball. So if anyone finds themselves in trouble with the law, he can definitely get you out of jail. So I am going to tell you another story from India, about those three things. Too much dribbling ruins team play. Normally, this means getting to the paint immediately. So in retrieving the wisdom of those in need, you are called to listen first. An offense that utilizes triangle formations that can be created by any three players. We learn languages at Monterey for a reasonto make the world better. Alma mater, a Latin phrasean allegorical one that means, literally, nourishing mother. Ive now given you one more phrase in a new language, one that is probably not new to you, but one whose literal meaning you perhaps haventconsideredbefore. Our classrooms are their first communities since COVID, and they must evolve to meettheirneeds. Environmental literacy, in the form of the collaboration between our academic departments and the Environmental Councils work on justice, the sustainability solutions lab, and Energy2028. However, translatability emerged when the stories started to flow about no-win situations that women found themselves in. But its important to say: the wisdom you have gained is so different than the wisdom of a prepandemic college graduate. Let me begin by turning to the mountains. It is a way of taking care of the person whose wisdom we now honorandrespect. Their exquisite work can be found here in Middlebury and in neighboring Vergennes, expressions of community built on those values of respect, curiosity, integrity, connectedness,andopenness. It dovetails nicely with the theme of our Teaching and Writing Retreat, which CTLR held on August 26 and 27 on campus with over 40 enthusiastic participantsMaking Connections. CTLR hopes to develop that theme this year, beginning with their session earlier this month on curricular resources at the Axinn Center. D. Here is my thought for you, today, and in the years to come: I challenge us to have more and better arguments, with greater respect, stronger resilience, anddeeperwisdom. Their potting soil was ground into the formerly white carpet in an unapologetic mosaic. A jump ball is a method used to begin or resume play in basketball. We were texting with him every yard of that dangerous journey, as he was escorted by the Taliban, the very group he was tryingtoescape. And it is clear to me that it does, and it must be described anewstory by story, student by student, and classroom by classroom. We, too, are evolving as a community. Can we put aside some of the privileges of one of our identities in order to understand, empathize with, and work alongside of others that do not share that privilege? Even though dribbling is necessary, it is also important to know when to dribble. In this double high post alignment the point guard can initiate the screen and roll action in either direction. In a two against one situation, for example, the ball handler needs to attack the basket. It is about that moving moment that Beryl Levinger told me about, where one discovers in a Monterey classroom that everyone has experience living and working and being creative in a country withscarceresources. Is it our heritage of open-mindedness? Man-to-man defense: Man-to-man defense is a defensive formation in But Bilals story shows us something more. Communityinaction. This is also when players move from one side of the court to the other. We will give you tips on how you can improve your offensive game, which will ultimately improve the offense of your team. It was only after May Belle Chellis finished her course work at the top of her class three years later that they decided they must have meant to admit themafterall. Seven of you, through Language in Motion, developed and delivered programming, remotely and in-person, to support global awareness, curiosity, and intercultural competence in scores ofVermontschoolchildren. What is an Offense in Basketball? It is our job to listen, to pause, to take the time to understand what experiences you are bringing with you. It is crucial that you pay attention to the different types of defenses that you play against. And heres the final thing I forgot until I remembered: she was always talking about balance. Like most other elite colleges, we had to get creative in making room on our campus, making room in our classrooms, to ensure a Middlebury education. The first is called the primary transition. As a result of the pandemic. In addition, most basketball coaches will have a variety of set plays at their disposal. The flex is designed to get the ball into the hands of a cutting offensive player who can create a quick shot opportunity. Rather than simply providing an open lane to the basket, the shooting team will have at least one player back to slow the break and potentially stop an easy layup. Agility is a players ability to change direction without severely reducing their speed. The pick-and-roll is done with the ball handler and one or more teammates setting screens on the on-ball defender. I hope that the letters now written after the letters that make up your name might not only signal pedigree, but also possibility. The idea was to empower women as representatives on the village council: teach them to stand up for their own perspectivesnot be intimidated by people who might belittle themand to speak about issues that were important to them. We live in a world in which the discreet, silo-ed forms of knowledge remain some of the most powerful driving forces in our lives. Rather than having a defined He also possessed immense diplomacy, so lacking in both Frost and Farrar. The offense is on the field for the team that has the ball and is trying to score a touchdown. Sarah works at the UN in the English booth, interpreting from Russian and French. It is time now with new leadership, with Middlebury 100 percent behind you, to make the Monterey method something much more than a few presentations at conferences. A basketball motion offense requires more nimble thinking than a set play. Wisdom is not divided, says James, and Shabana would not let her women be divided. shoot the ball. Pick and Pop. I noted at the time that Monterey was my first visit as president-elect; here again now, Monterey is my first stop in the inauguration festivities! Twenty-two of you received Cross-Cultural Engagement Grants to pursue individual and group projects. The defense was spotted 17 points for the game and would have been rewarded with points for turnovers but failed to capitalize. Shabana had promised every one that they would make it, and she could not let them down. The High Post alignment is used when teams do not have a big post player or when the post player is a good outside shooter.It opens up the baseline for cuts and dribble penetrations. She required us to write sestinas and read H. D. and become insanely competitive with each otheraboutvillanelles. Is NFL defense more important than offense? I want to turn now to the theme that I see most deeply in our transition into this academic year: evolving community. Commonly used by teams without post players or at the end of the game to protect a lead. You already know that the phrase May the pledge be with you is, of course, a play on the phrase fromStar WarsMay the force be with you. Dont worrywe checked with the copyright moguls before we went ahead and used it, and it falls under fair use. Sarah knows that there are some things that are impossible to translate perfectly, and other things that are easy to translate. The second word is adaptation. The first is about building institutions. Back cut to the basket or clear out when a teammate dribbles towards you. Friday, March 31 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Fourth, I hope we can debate, in new ways, the relationship of our multiple identities as human beings. This is why translation has often been characterized as betrayal in the play on words in Italian betweentraduttoreandtraditorea comment many of us have heard many times intranslationseminars. All students should have access to all parts of theMiddleburyexperience. Building respectful conversations again. You are the exceptional, remarkable Class of 2022, who together and as individuals have managed more in the last four yearsand under exceptional, remarkable, and often seemingly impossible circumstancesthan what many people can dream of taking on inalifetime. Living and thriving in a small educational community demands graciousness and generosity even more than before. Categories . The sun was vanishing in one of those sunsets that stops us in our tracks and wakes us up, even as our minds and hearts move toward the night. The defensive strategy where everyone But this is possible only if academic freedom and freedom of speech are defended onallsides. The visiting team has the choice of baskets for the first half. Offensive 3 Seconds. Fields of knowledge confer identity, even on our undergraduates as they try to decide their major. What is a spontaneous offense in basketball called? Large and old awoke. The various types of offenses are designed to use teamwork to free up or isolate players for good shots against a multitude of defenses. Coach Odom's triple screen offense is a spontaneous, full- and half-court offense. I have come to call this listthe seven great educational virtues of Middlebury. This is the essence of a 21st-century Middlebury education: to encourage, to give heart. The women asked us what hardships we had suffered and how we overcame them. Asking that of each other means having the courage to stay committed to the people with whom we disagree about deep things that matter to uslike future directions of a department, the nature of a hire, the validity of a course. Others of you have made an extra special effort to get here. The basket. A set play is a play that coaches and teams can rely on, that they have practiced, drilled, and planned for. Motion offenses are different from continuity offenses in that they follow no fixed repeating pattern. All five players on the offense must be able to read and react to defenders, as there are many options based on how defenders react to the spread. 05753, 802-443-5400 That determined, engaged optimism is at the heart of who Middlebury is. In sports, offense (American spelling) or offence (Commonwealth spelling, see spelling differences; pronounced with first-syllable stress; from Latin offensus), known as attack outside of North America, is the action of attacking or engaging an opposing team with the objective of scoring points or goals. And Laura is back in Cameroon and collaborating with the school where she originally had the idea. You will go on, as Liz did, to create new forms ofsocialcapital. I believe we can do this with the exhortation and help of the mountains all around us, and now too our ocean at Monterey. A really good thing. And I would encourage this identification as a good thing. That factsuggests to me that at Middlebury there is exactly the kind of balance we need in the 21st century. You arerecoveryartists. Bilal is an Afghani citizen, a freelance, high-profile, pro-democracy journalist who also ran for a seat in the now-defunct Afghan parliament in a conservative, Al-Qaedadominated province. You managed a translation project to gather, keep, and share the story of Japanese Americans during World War II. A charge, or player-control foul, occurs when a dribbler charges into a defender who has already established his position. As a result of the pandemic, you also learned loss. Rebuilding race relations in America and acrosstheglobe. It is a good idea to jab step at the ball handler to make him hesitate, but overcommitting will almost certainly lead to a pass and a layup. But its more than that. We are delighted that you are here. Develop pride in your passing and work hard to perfect all types of passes. If you found this helpful, help us out by sharing this post! But when we have gotten those arguments right, we have done so in a committed and passionate andconstructiveway. You need what I call local courage to connect with others and learn from them so that you yourself can thrive. There is nothing more exhilarating than working with a group of people who care about higher education and who are fellow travelers with us, especially if they are, as I have already found Middleburys to be, restless, engaged, and visionary on behalf oftheinstitution. The first way you can get to know me is to know that I innocently came to Middlebury last February to give a lecture on liberal arts in the global age. And even though we talked about many wonderful educational traits that other liberal arts institutions can and should also claim, there was still that remainder that made Middlebury distinct from others: Is it the Adirondacks and the Greens? And yet still a towering force for young women now grown older who otherwise would not have dared to write. First,I noticed in many places in the materials I was sent the startling phrase: long tradition of innovation. This phrase indicates to me that Middlebury tells its own history by accounting for the changes it makes as well as the virtues it preserves. However, in spreading the court, teams must make sure to continue to make basket cuts and attack the basket. It would equally be a mistake not to recognize places where collaboration across our schools could result in mutual benefit. Shabana Bisaj-Rasikh knows this well. So I begin by reminding you what I think about this issue. Also known as Triple Post Offense, the Triangle Offense is a continuity and motion offense. To begin, the center, forward, and a guard create a sideline triangle on one side of the court. The remaining two players move to the other side of the court creating a two-person game. Chances are that if you are a sports fan, you have heard this phrase used close to a million time at the very least. This has resulted in the development of three task-specific platoons of players within any single team: the offense (the team with possession of the ball, which is trying to score), the defense (the team trying to prevent the other team from scoring, and to take the ball from them), and the so-called special teams. And, in 194243, during the height of World War Two, the College lost most of its male students. Our uses of technology in the classroom have permanently changedin both small and large ways. You can go to a dance. She had less than a day to move 140 women, staff, and faculty out of their homes and to the airport. 4 Basketball Offenses You Need to Start Running Offense #1: Greece International Pick & Roll Set. If a team knows that they dont have capable shooters on the floor, they shouldnt be trying to play an offense that demands shooters, such as a 4 or 5 out offense. We demanded she tell us everything she knew about poetic form. Sheusedacid. Anytime there are fewer defenders during a play on transition teammates need to help each other to prevent easy baskets at the rim. Such people exemplify the adaptive qualities that are an integral part of this Middlebury culture, and they are teachers of that great balance of bodyandmind. And Middlebury will do it again, this year, for you, ourfirst-yearstudents. 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We were made to understand it would be Except for one thing. If the transition offense does not lead to an immediate basket, the team can turn to a secondary break. The pick-and-roll is one of those tested and proven ways of getting baskets. Scoring the basketball is the primary objective of any basketball teams offense. At work, as in football, playing defense is a primarily reactive affair. On defense it is different as verbal communication is best, but on offense, to keep your opponents in the dark about your strategies, you should practice nonverbal communication with your teammates. No, but seriously, it was good to see the Cubs suffer no ill-effects from the weekend sweep in Miami (I didnt suspect they would), and put together a solid, comfortable win over a very beatable Nationals team.Drew Smyly was fantastic once again, allowing the one solo homer and otherwise never really More seriously, the Upanishads describe students sitting under trees with their teachers and learning things through immersion, just as you have done hereatMiddlebury. Set offenses (1-4, Horns, MSU, more) Patterned offenses (Flex, Swing, Shuffle, more) Read and React offense. The top players job is to stop the ball handler from dribbling directly at the basket. As you explore, remember that part of wisdom is having the courage to ask for help. Today, in addition to all the Middlebury updates after the summer, I want to think with you briefly at the beginning of this year, a time of global urgency, about that question. But you will also go on to adapt your skills in ways that you never thought possible. However, good defense is usually more consistent than good offense. This approach means that the classroom itself is a laboratory for social change, and such a laboratory can be a wonderful contribution Monterey can make totheworld. He just won a $100,000 grant from Chase, where there were thousands of applicants and only a few were selected. Another important point to include is that the first defensive players running back need to get behind the lowest offensive player. The pledge has clearly been with you. Melinda was the roundest person I had ever metface and body almost perfectly spherical, interrupted only by the cats-eye glasses she woreand in the late 70s, those glasses were neither hip nor retro. These training sessions are often focused on ball and player movement instead of dribbling. You are going out to help rebuild others lives. So good offense can beat good defense in the short run, but usually good defense will win out on the long run. We weep to see you go, but we weep with joy to be reminded of such colorthe color you bring to recovery, the color you bring to the healing oftheworld. Monday, May 15 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Sixth, faculty and staff at Middleburyhavestarted on a journey with Monterey Institute for International Studies that has both inspired and challenged them. Montereys soul dwells in that space between a falsely optimistic globalism and the despair of never truly gaining cross-cultural understanding. Zone offenses rely on perimeter plays, as well as moving in between the gaps of the defensive zones. What is at the heart of this change? Offenses must be simple with the emphasis on execution and fundamentals. The Monterey soul is that ethical space in between, where reciprocal translatability is the best hypothesis for living; we know it is possible and necessary, even in all of its imperfections. The president couldnt actually say anything to describe its soul. The neutral principle of no suppression of ideas protects us all. Why do we love it so? So interpretationwasneeded. We had the most passionate arguments possible. Many of them are anxious about their social skillsan integral part of the college experience, yes, but not their college experience yet. This might be universalismgoneawry. Even when those around her and those in the United States told her that Kabul wouldnt fall, shethoughtahead. And that would be true, and something we want you to remember. We will be launching a Middlebury-wide conversation in the springthe first institution-wide discussion weve ever had on the topic of our intellectual directionthat will focus on who we are and where we want to go. In No Offseason , The Athletic follows the paths of womens basketball players after their WNBA seasons end and their travels begin. There is a tradition where a Middlebury athletic team picks Butch up for events, and Im delighted to say Butch has been picked up today by the basketball team to join us for this event. To be sure, they already had the kind of character that they have shown in the past month as the Taliban took over their country. And you will do it again, this year, for thousands more students. Here are some of the factors that will help a team to determine their offense throughout games. Point guard. It focuses on drawing defenders and creating scoring opportunities. We will continue to monitor daily all of the many conditions that we monitored last year; we will continue to learn from the latest data available on breakthrough cases; we will pivot immediately, and have plans to do so. The triangle in question is formed by one person at the strong side of the court (where the ball is in play) while two other players remain on the weak side of the court (where the ball is not in play). Must be able to score both from the perimeter and from inside of the basketball court. Allow me also to describe for usafuture. If the team has very dominant post players, they should try to get an offense that allows them to do their thing. In Middleburysnatural intellectual balance also includes the balance of body and mindthe vibrant athletics of all seasons that Middlebury is known for. And, as recovery artists, you are called to have a special kind of hope. WebA set offense in basketball is a general term that describes an offensive strategy where coaches create multiple pre-planned set plays. Reinforcement review continues on a daily basis throughout the season to keep both skills and motivation consistently high. (for the large number of fouls called on Howard during the 2010 NBA Playoffs), "D12" Kevin Huerter "Red Velvet" Rodney We need to translate ourselves better into other peoples hearts and minds. MOSCOW, Idaho Gevani McCoy found Jordan Dwyer in the corner of the endzone as time expired to lead the Idaho Offense to a 20-17 win over the Vandal defense Friday night in the spring game. It might be helpful in this context to say more. Is it our capacity to create a certain kind of exuberance? Middlebury, VT And the most annoying thing was, as youve probably already discovered, she was really nice, too. Meet all passes assuming a triple threat stance (shot, drive, & pass) upon receiving it. Rather, resilience is about making the space to reflect and recover. I think there are many answers to this question. Because of the dynamic nature of basketball, coaches and players have to continually change their offensive strategies throughout the course of games if their opponents are putting up a fierce defensive stance. If the screener does not receive a pass, the ball handler may have taken the shot himself or attacked the basket after the screener pulled his defender from the paint. 6. In another reading you heard tonight, the Gita tells us that wisdom comes from controlling the senses, and being filled with trust. Having a good offense is crucial for scoring points and winning games. Could we imagine ourselves as members of intersecting communities, all of which have something to contribute to the whole?